On Sat, Jul 17, 1999 at 08:24:03AM +0100, John Woodard wrote:
I'm being thick again, what are cvs files is it some sort of packaging like rpm?
"CVS" is an acronym for the "Concurrent Versions System".
CVS is a "Source Control" or "Revision Control" tool designed to keep track of source changes made by groups of developers working on the same files, allowing them to stay in sync with each other as each individual chooses.
Source: http://gille.loria.fr:7000/cgi-bin/faqomatic/faq.pl
So, for ordinary users, CVS can be a way to get at the very latest development version without waiting for a tarball to be made.
MJR
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